different between greek vs hydria

English

Etymology

Probably from Greek (“unintelligible speech or text”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?k/
• Rhymes: -i?k

Noun

greek (plural greeks)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“nonsense writing or talk; gibberish”).
2. Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“anal sex”).

Verb

greek (third-person singular simple present greeks, present participle greeking, simple past and past participle greeked)

1. (transitive, computing) To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.
2. (transitive, computing) To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.

Derived terms

• greeking (noun)

Related terms

• it's all Greek to me

Anagrams

• Gerke

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (hudría, “water jar or water container”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?d?e?/

Noun

hydria (plural hydrias or hydriae or hydriai)

1. A three-handled clay or metal vessel used in Greek culture to hold and pour water.

Anagrams

• Riyadh

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?hy.dri.a/, [?h?d??iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.dri.a/, [?i?d??i?]

Noun

hydria f (genitive hydriae); first declension

1. jug, ewer, urn

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• hydria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hydria in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hydria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• hydria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• hydria in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• hydria in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hydria in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin